Men who buy sex could be jailed for six months under prostitution crackdown law
Men who buy sex could be jailed for six months under plans to crackdown on prostitution.
Alba MSP Ash Regan said her new Bill would tackle head on the 'modern slavery' of prostitution.
She said: 'I don't want to live in a country where men can order women like a pizza.'
Prostitutes can currently be charged under the criminal law while men can fall foul of kerb crawling curbs.
But Regan's bill would turn the tables by criminalising the purchase of sexual acts while decriminalising those who sell sexual services.
She wants her bill, which would hand down fines of up to £10,000 and jail sentences of up to six months, to pass before the next Holyrood election.
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